Don’t follow the example of Donald Trump’s choice for cybersecurity czar
Two days is a long time in cybersecurity for Rudy Giuliani.
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Author Archives: Graham Cluley
Podcast on ransomware’s threat to the healthcare industry
The Fight Ransomware podcast invited me onto their show to discuss how heathcare organisations are fighting the ransomware threat. Give it a listen.
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Smashing Security #003: ‘Alexa! Get me an axe!’
Join me and fellow computer security industry veterans Vanja Svajcer and Carole Theriault as we have another casual video chat about whatever is on our minds.
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Flashing a peace sign in selfies could lead to identity theft, scientists warn
Will you think twice before flashing the “peace” sign in photographs?
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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Honeytraps used to infect Israeli soldiers’ smartphones with spyware
Bogus social networking profiles of young, attractive women are being used to trick soldiers into installing malicious spyware on their smartphones.
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Donald Trump finally believes Russia hacked the DNC
It’s been an extraordinary couple of weeks in the ongoing media tornado that US President-Elect Donald Trump finds himself in related to just who hacked the US Democratic party and released swathes of confidential email correspondence to WikiLeaks.
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Hello Kitty, Goodbye database containing 3.3 million users credentials
A database of 3,345,168 Hello Kitty fans has surfaced online, stemming from a misconfigured Sanrio user database that was accessible to anyone in the world.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Security scare over hackable heart implants
A US government probe into claims that certain heart implants are vulnerable to hacking attacks, has resulted in emergency security patches being issued for devices that cardiac patients have in their homes.
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Ransomware extorts Los Angeles school to the tune of $28,000
Blackmailers have claimed another scalp, extorting US $28,000 from a school hit by a ransomware attack.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Onion Browser goes free for privacy-conscious iOS users, citing ‘recent events’
For over four years mobile app developer and privacy journalist Mike Tigas has been selling his browser which encrypts and tunnels users’ web traffic through the Tor network.
And now he’s made it free.
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